THE MADDER FAMILY 



395 



Copposma Baueri {The Taupata). 



A shining shrub, from 1ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves ahiiost fleshy, ovate, 

 glossy, margins often recurved. Stipules broad. Staminate flowers in dense- 

 heads ; calyx 4-toothed ; corolla 4-lobed. Pistillate flowers 3-5 only ; calyx and 



Fig. 134. Coprosnia tenuicanlis with berries (s nat. size). 



corolla 4-toothed. Drupe ^ in. -J in. long, orange-yellow. North Cape to- 

 Greymouth : sea cliffs. Norfolk, Kermadec, and Chatham Islands. PU 

 Sept. -Nov. Maori names, Taupata and Naupata. 



